🇪🇹🇪🇹 - Fighting has broken out between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigray rebels in the Afar region, with clashes in Abala and Barbati and aid groups warning that the violence could spread, AFP reports.

🇪🇹🇪🇹 - Fighting has broken out between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigray rebels in the Afar region, with clashes in Abala and Barbati and aid groups warning that the violence could spread, AFP reports.

According to reports, TPLF forces have taken control of the airport in Makkal, the capital of Tigray.

Seven Ethiopian militias, including the TPLF, formed an alliance aimed at overthrowing the current government.